Toni J. Martinez - Resume

martineztj2@appstate.edu 

tonimartinezart.com


EDUCATION

2025 BFA – Painting - Appalachian State University 

Art Departmental Honors – Appalachian State University 

Art  Teaching Assistant – Tim Ford, Appalachian State University


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025     Sewing Lavender, solo exhibition, 3rd place, Boone NC

Senior exhibition, group, Smith Gallery, Boone NC

Soft spot- popup show, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone NC 

                     Third Annual Portrait Show, Appalachian State University 

        2023 Belk Library Art Contest- juried, Belk Library, Appalachian State University

Second Annual Portrait Show, Appalachian State University 

2022 First Annual Portrait Show, 3rd Place, Boone NC


WORK EXPERIENCE 

2015-present  Freelance Artist - self employed  

2025 summer   Studio Assistant - Jeana Eve Klein, Appalachian State U., Boone NC

2023 summer    Cleaner - Appalachian Management Service, Boone NC

2022 summer    Custom Framer - Michaels, Durham NC

2021 summer Dishwasher - Mellow Mushroom, Durham NC

2016   Art Teaching Assistant - Apex Anime Club 


COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

2019-2020       Decorations Director - first county wide pride prom, wake    

2019       Western Wake Crisis Ministry Volunteer 

2018-2020       Sexuality And Gender Alliance (SAGA) Club Council Member 

2017       Blackfoot Nation Reservation Volunteer - Montana   


COLLECTIONS & AWARDS 

2023 Appalachian State University, Belk Library, Boone NC 

University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington NC 

Art Committee Choice Award, Belk Library, Appalachian State University 

Third place, Second Annual Portrait Show, Appalachian State University 

WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED 

2022 Class Framing workshop, Painting 1, Appalachian State University
2017 Figure drawing workshop, Apex Anime Club